Vcl?

[softwareguy74]

Hi,

Can Visual C++ do VCL? If not, it seems to me that C++ Builder is a much better value than Visual C++ because you can do VCL and ATL.

What I like about that is that I can sell native components for both Visual Basic and Delphi users from the same code, right? Or is that an incorrect assumption?

Any help would be appreciated..

Dan

[CornedBee]

VC++ has the ATL library. VCL is, if I'm right, the Borland equivalent of the MFC.

What do you mean by "native components"? You can write COM objects with VC++, and those are as native to VB as anything. I don't know about Delphi, the one that you mean is probably the one of Borland Delphi Builder (which I hate). But COM objects can be accessed from about any language.

[softwareguy74]

I didn't think that VCL was the equivalent of MFC. I thought that VCL was the equivalent of an ActiveX component, but for the C++/Delphi Builder world..

I know that ActiveX can usually be used from within Delphi but it is not native to the language as VCL is so sometimes ActiveX components do not work with Delphi.

I'm just trying to figure out which one is a better value (C++ Builder or Visual C++). When I start producing components, I would like to have the largest audience and not want to have to recode for each language. I don't think the Delphi world should be ignored when developing components because there are a large number of them still around..

Any one else have some insight on this topic?

Thanks,

Dan

[CornedBee]

As ActiveX was developed as a completly language-independent system, it should make no difference which compiler you are using. Use the one you know better or find better to work with. I just love the IDE ov VC++, but I never tried the builder. Only Delphi, and I hated it.